Since 1981‚ monetary policy in Singapore has been centred on the management of the exchange rate. The main objective is to promote price stability as a basis for a sustainable economic growth. The exchange rate represents an ideal intermediate target of monetary policy in the context of the small and open Singapore economy. It is rather controllable through direct interventions in the foreign exchange markets and it bears a stable and predictable relationship with the price stability as the final
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----------------------------------- Sep 20‚ 2005 BLACK MARKET AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY ----------------------------------- Statistics: It is said that black money in India accounts for 20 % of GDP. If this is true‚ then black money generated every year must be around Rs 400‚000 crore or $ 80 billion. This is a huge amount‚ more than the entire budget of the government at the Centre. We have a government that spends about Rs 350‚000 crore a year‚ most of it on itself‚ and asks for accounts
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Economics -- Exchange Rates Quiz -- Do Not Write On This Booklet!!! 1. U.S. export transactions create: A) a U.S. demand for foreign monies and the satisfaction of this demand decreases the supplies of dollars held by foreign banks. B) a U.S. demand for foreign monies and the satisfaction of this demand increases the supplies of dollars held by foreign banks. C) a foreign demand for dollars and the satisfaction of this demand decreases the supplies of foreign monies held by U.S. banks. D) a foreign demand
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Titles 1. Examine the implications for an economy of a rising exchange rate FT 23 8 11 p16 Exchange rate kills Australian steel exports FT 7 9 11 p4 Bold move seen as high risk (Swiss max exchange rate)) FT 9 9 11 p32 Hong Kong faces dilemma over its peg to the dollar Financial Update 11/12 see Brazil‚ Australia‚ Switzerland and Japan Introduction Whilst popular opinion centres on the assumption that rising exchange rate has mostly positive effects on the economy‚ the impacts
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Exchange rates‚ Pakistan’s GDP and KSE’s prices: A relationship analysis I. Introduction Exchange rates‚ GDP and KSE index 2.1 Exchange rates (ER) are not autonomous in nature‚ these are determined by the forces of demand for and supply of major medium of currency (mostly US dollar in Pakistan) used in imports and exports trade. Whereas the volumes of imports and changes therein seem to be the major source to determine demand for US dollar in Pakistan‚ the value and changes in exports
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Economics SL Mr. Murf Exchange Rates and The Balance of Payments Exchange Rates Living in the 21st century‚ trading has become a major component of our global economy. However‚ with over 200 countries and 180 currencies in the world‚ countries cannot trade with each other without a way to pay each other in their currency. Thus‚ in order to trade‚ countries have developed a formula to convert their money to that of another country’s. That formula is the exchange rate. The exchange rate is the rate
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Ho Ming‚ Lo The Linked Exchange Rate System in Hong Kong On Nov 16‚ 2011‚ The IMF Staff Mission visited Hong Kong and showed endorsement on keeping the linked exchange rate in place (HKISD‚ 2011)‚ in spite of the voices of the abolition of the system‚ which causes adverse effects to the Hong Kong economy with monetary policies by the FED (Stephen‚ 2010). This system has been in function from the year 1983. It grants the HKD stability predictability and attracts foreign investments‚ turning Hong
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Exchange rates are the value of one currency with respect to another‚ for the purpose of conversion. They affect investment levels‚ via the cash rate and values of domestic assets; trades‚ via prices and the terms of trade (TOT); liabilities‚ via currency appreciation or depreciation and the valuation effect‚ and trades. Exchange rates are influenced by government policies in the short term and market forces in the long term. Since the Australian dollar (AUD) was floated in 1983 it has experienced
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Capital Account Liberalization and the Exchange Rate Regimes Corresponding author: Associate Prof. Dr. Sule L. Aker Faculty of Business and Economics Eastern Mediterranean University Gazi Magusa‚ Mersin 10‚ Turkey sule.aker@emu.edu.tr tel: 00903926301260 fax: 00903923651017 Co-author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet H. Aker Cyprus International University Nicosia‚ Mersin 10‚ Turkey Abstract In this study‚ the relationship
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121-133. Jarrow‚ R & Oldfield‚ G (1981) Forward contracts and futures contracts‚ Journal of Financial Economics‚ vol. 9‚ no. 4‚ pp. 373-382. Korajczyk‚ R (1985) The Pricing of Forward Contracts for Foreign Exchange‚ Journal of Political Economy‚ vol. 93‚ no. 2. MacDermott‚ R (2008) Linking Exchange Rates to Foreign Direct Investment‚ The International Trade Journal‚ vol. 22‚ no. 1‚ pp. 3-16. Worzala‚ E (1995) Currency risk and international property investments‚ Journal of Property Valuation and Investment
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